And that’s where T-Mobile 5G Home Internet comes into play. It’s a new-ish service from T-Mobile that essentially makes it your ISP. It doesn’t need to plug into a coax or phone line either. It just plugs into the wall and you’re good to go. T-Mobile has offered Home Internet for a couple of years already, but recently upgraded it to 5G, which is going to allow for better speeds and coverage. In this article, we’re going to attempt to answer all of your questions about T-Mobile 5G Home Internet and hopefully help you decide whether it’s worth it to switch or not.
What is T-Mobile 5G Home Internet?
T-Mobile has wanted to break into the home internet game for a while, and 5G is going to be how it does it. Essentially, using its 5G network to power all of the WiFi devices in your home. The service runs on the same network that your phone does (if you use T-Mobile). So you won’t be getting Fiber like what Comcast and AT&T offer to customers. T-Mobile has launched 5G and 5G UC across the country, so you’re going to get some pretty fast speeds – gigabit speeds in some areas. As well as great coverage from the 5G network. Making Home Internet very useful. And it’s pretty inexpensive too. Sign up for T-Mobile 5G Home Internet
How much does it cost?
Unlike Verizon, T-Mobile offers a single plan for its 5G Home Internet service. It’s going to cost you $50 per month. There’s no equipment fees, no data caps and no contracts included. Just a straight up $50 per month plus whatever applicable taxes and fees – which will vary by State. If you decide not to use autopay, it’ll be $55 per month. Not a huge difference, but if you really want to save money, then autopay is the way to do it. This is actually very competitive with the traditional home internet services. For example, AT&T offers gigabit fiber for $70/month in a lot of areas. Which is going to be a lot faster, but maybe not $20 faster.
Do I get a discount for being a T-Mobile subscriber?
Unfortunately, no. T-Mobile does not offer a discount for existing T-Mobile subscribers. This is good news if you’re on AT&T or Verizon and want to get T-Mobile 5G Home Internet. But bad news for existing T-Mobile subscribers that wanted to save even more. You can sign up for T-Mobile 5G Home Internet online, or via a T-Mobile store.
Does T-Mobile offer any promotions for switching?
T-Mobile doesn’t really have any promotions for “switching” all of the promotions it currently has are available for new and existing customers. Many of the new promotions start on May 10, which were announced earlier this week. For example, you can get half off YouTube TV for a year when you have a Magenta MAX voice plan. You can also get Home Internet for just $30 per month when you have a Magenta MAX plan. They’ll also give you a streaming device for free (up to $50 off) when you sign up for Home Internet. And finally, you can get a year of Paramount+ for free.
T-Mobile is actually planning to offer even more promotions for streaming services in the coming months.
Are there are any data caps with T-Mobile 5G Home Internet?
T-Mobile says that there is no data cap with its 5G Home Internet service. So you can use as much bandwidth as you want, and need. This isn’t much of a surprise, as we have also seen a lot of cable and traditional ISP’s eliminating their data caps as well – including Comcast.
What kind of speeds can I expect?
Perhaps the only downside to these 5G Home Internet plans, is that you don’t really know how good the download and upload speeds are going to be. And if they are going to be constant or not. T-Mobile says that “5G Home Internet customers will see average download speeds in excess of 100Mbps”. Honestly, that’s not very fast for $50/month. It’s almost worthwhile to use AT&T’s Fiber service instead. Typical download speeds are 35-115Mbps. So this is not for those that work from home, or do a lot of online gaming. Upload speeds are typically between 6-23Mbps. Sign up for T-Mobile 5G Home Internet
Where is T-Mobile 5G Home Internet available?
T-Mobile claims that its 5G Home Internet service is available for over 30 million households in over 40 different states. That means its covers even more of the US than Verizon’s 5G Home Internet service does – at least for now. T-Mobile does now have a list of Cities that it is available in: Alabama
Huntsville Birmingham-Hoover JasperAlexander CityScottsboroTalladega-SylacaugaTuscaloosaTroyAuburn-OpelikaMontgomeryFlorence-MuscleShoals SelmaEnterpriseMobileAtmoreCullmanEufaula
Arizona
SaffordPaysonNogalesSierra Vista-DouglasPhoenix-Mesa-ChandlerTucsonPrescott Valley-PrescottFlagstaffYumaLake Havasu City-Kingman
Arkansas
JonesboroMountain HomeBlythevilleMalvernSearcy Fayetteville-Springdale-RogersPine BluffParagouldLittle Rock-North Little Rock-ConwayBatesvilleHarrisonCamdenFort Smith
Crescent CitySusanvilleNapaHanford-CorcoranEureka-ArcataSan Diego-Chula Vista-CarlsbadSacramento-Roseville-FolsomLos Angeles-Long Beach-AnaheimSan Francisco-Oakland-BerkeleySan Luis Obispo-Paso Robles StocktonModestoSan Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa ClaraVallejoReddingRiverside-San Bernardino-OntarioMercedEl Centro
Colorado
Steamboat Spr+A60:A71ingsEdwardsDurangoColorado SpringsPuebloBoulder Denver-Aurora-LakewoodGlenwood Springs GreeleyBreckenridgeMontroseFort Collins
Connecticut
Norwich-New LondonHartford-East Hartford-MiddletownNew Haven-MilfordBridgeport-Stamford-NorwalkTorrington
Delaware
Dover
Tampa-St. Petersburg-ClearwaterCrestview-Fort Walton Beach-DestinPensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent The VillagesOrlando-Kissimmee-SanfordClewistonTallahasseePanama CityMiami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano BeachLakeland-Winter HavenKey WestJacksonvillePalm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville
Georgia
AmericusCordeleJesupStatesboroDaltonAtlanta-Sandy Springs-AlpharettaHinesvilleThomastonVidaliaWaycrossSavannahDublinWarner RobinsDouglasThomasvilleGainesvilleTiftonMacon-Bibb CountyLaGrangeAugusta-Richmond County
Hawaii
KapaaUrban HonoluluHilo Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina
Idaho
HaileyCoeur d’AleneBurley PocatelloIdaho FallsBoise CityRexburgMountain HomeTwin FallsBlackfootLewiston
Illinois
BloomingtonCarbondale-MarionKankakeeChampaign-UrbanaEffinghamPeoriaDecaturPontiacSpringfieldGalesburgRockfordOttawaLincolnDanvilleMount VernonFreeportChicago-Naperville-Elgin
Indiana
GreensburgSeymourPlymouthIndianapolis-Carmel-AndersonMarionBloomingtonLafayette-West LafayetteMadisonWarsawMuncieBedfordFort WayneElkhart-GoshenHuntington Michigan City-La PorteNorth VernonRichmondNew CastleConnersvilleVincennesWabashCrawfordsvilleTerre HauteAngolaScottsburgKokomoWashingtonEvansvilleSouth Bend-Mishawaka
Iowa
SpencerDes Moines-West Des MoinesStorm LakeDubuquePellaWaterloo-Cedar FallsOskaloosaOttumwaAmesCedar RapidsMuscatineMason CitySpirit LakeFort Dodge Davenport-Moline-Rock IslandFort Madison-KeokukSioux City
Kansas
PittsburgManhattanWichitaOttawaLawrenceAtchisonGreat BendEmporiaTopekaSalinaGarden CityHutchinson
Kentucky
MaysvilleLexington-FayetteElizabethtown-Fort KnoxMount SterlingBardstownMadisonvilleLondonRichmond-BereaMayfieldCampbellsvilleMurrayBowling GreenPaducah Louisville/Jefferson County
Louisiana
New Orleans-MetairieJenningsBaton RougeMindenBogalusaHouma-ThibodauxAlexandriaMorgan CityDeRidderNatchitochesLake CharlesHammondRuston
Maine
Lewiston-AuburnPortland-South PortlandAugusta-WatervilleBangor
Baltimore-Columbia-TowsonCalifornia-Lexington ParkEastonHagerstown-MartinsburgSalisbury
Massachusetts
PittsfieldSpringfieldWorcesterBoston-Cambridge-NewtonBarnstableVineyard Haven
Michigan
Detroit-Warren-DearbornBay CitySturgisMidlandMount PleasantAnn ArborMarquetteMonroeSault Ste. MarieNilesColdwaterLansing-East LansingGrand Rapids-KentwoodSaginawBattle CreekHollandJacksonHillsdaleFlint
Minnesota
Faribault-NorthfieldAustinHutchinsonAlbert LeaAlexandriaBemidjiRed WingFergus FallsSt. CloudFairmontRochesterGrand RapidsMankatoWillmarBrainerdWinonaMarshallNew UlmOwatonnaWorthingtonMinneapolis-St. Paul-BloomingtonDuluth
Mississippi
ColumbusJacksonGreenvilleLaurelMeridianOxfordStarkvilleNatchez
Missouri
FarmingtonMoberlySikestonWarrensburgJefferson CityPoplar BluffHannibalColumbiaSpringfieldSedaliaJoplinMaryvilleKennettMarshallBransonFort Leonard WoodLebanonCape GirardeauSt. LouisKansas CitySt. Joseph
Montana
KalispellButte-Silver BowHelenaBozemanBillingsGreat FallsMissoula
Nebraska
LincolnOmaha-Council Bluffs
New Hampshire
LaconiaManchester-NashuaLebanon
New Jersey
Vineland-BridgetonOcean CityAtlantic City-HammontonTrenton-Princeton
New Mexico
ClovisDemingAlbuquerqueEspañolaSanta FeAlamogordoTaosCarlsbad-ArtesiaPortalesLas CrucesSilver City
North Carolina
GreenvilleMorehead CityWilmingtonNew BernGoldsboroHendersonWinston-SalemBrevardDurham-Chapel HillFayettevilleWilsonRaleigh-CaryHickory-Lenoir-MorgantonGreensboro-High PointWashingtonLumbertonJacksonvilleLaurinburgBurlingtonMarionShelbyBooneForest CityCullowheeAshevilleRockinghamMount AiryNorth WilkesboroPinehurst-Southern PinesSanfordRocky MountKill Devil HillsKinstonCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia
North Dakota
BismarckMinotJamestownWahpetonFargoGrand ForksSanta FeAlamogordoTaosCarlsbad-ArtesiaPortalesLas CrucesSilver City
Nevada
PahrumpElkoFernleyGardnerville RanchosLas Vegas-Henderson-ParadiseReno
New York
BataviaRochesterJamestown-Dunkirk-FredoniaBuffalo-CheektowagaCortlandOneontaGloversvilleIthacaSyracuseBinghamtonAlbany-Schenectady-TroySeneca FallsUtica-RomeAmsterdamMaloneOgdensburg-MassenaWatertown-Fort DrumPlattsburghCorningGlens FallsOleanHudsonNew York-Newark-Jersey City
Ohio
FindlayAshlandTiffinNorwalkPortsmouthVan WertDayton-KetteringCleveland-ElyriaColumbus SidneyDefianceCambridgeWilmingtonAkronMarionNew Philadelphia-DoverCanton-MassillonSpringfieldWapakonetaChillicotheMount VernonGreenvilleCoshoctonJacksonLimaMansfieldZanesvilleSanduskyWoosterToledoCincinnatiYoungstown-Warren-Boardman
Oklahoma
BartlesvilleAltusGuymonEnidWeatherfordOklahoma CityStillwaterShawneeTulsaPonca CityDurantMuskogeeArdmoreTahlequahHood RiverLa GrandeCorvallisNewportAlbany-LebanonThe DallesEugene-SpringfieldSalemAstoriaPrinevilleBendCoos BayMedfordOntarioPortland-Vancouver-Hillsboro
Pennsylvania
LewistownState CollegeIndianaDuBoisSt. MarysPittsburghAltoonaWilliamsportMeadvilleLock HavenErieJohnstownWarrenLancasterSomersetHarrisburg-CarlisleBloomsburg-BerwickNew CastlePottsvilleReadingYork-HanoverSelinsgroveBradfordLebanonLewisburgSunburyEast StroudsburgScranton-Wilkes-BarreChambersburg-WaynesboroGettysburgAllentown-Bethlehem-EastonPhiladelphia-Camden-Wilmington
Rhode Island
Providence-Warwick
South Carolina
Charleston-North CharlestonSpartanburgGeorgetownGreenville-AndersonBennettsvilleFlorenceGreenwoodSumterColumbiaOrangeburgNewberryMyrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach
South Dakota
Sioux FallsPierreSpearfishHuronMitchellRapid CityWatertown
Tennessee
KnoxvilleMartinAthensNashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–FranklinSeviervilleLawrenceburgJacksonParisNewportGreenevilleJohnson CityShelbyvilleMorristownDaytonUnion CityClevelandTullahoma-ManchesterChattanoogaClarksvilleMemphisKingsport-Bristol
Texas
Eagle PassSweetwaterOdessaHerefordPort LavacaRio Grande City-RomaHouston-The Woodlands-Sugar LandKingsvilleMidlandRaymondvilleEl PasoAustin-Round Rock-GeorgetownLaredoDel RioSan Antonio-New BraunfelsHuntsvilleDallas-Fort Worth-ArlingtonBrownsville-HarlingenPampaCollege Station-BryanAliceWacoSnyderVictoriaLubbockKilleen-TempleCorpus ChristiBeaumont-Port ArthurEl CampoWichita FallsMcAllen-Edinburg-MissionSan AngeloPlainviewFredericksburgVernonBorgerKerrville
Utah
PriceHeberOgden-ClearfieldProvo-OremSalt Lake CitySt. GeorgeVernalLogan
Vermont
Burlington-South BurlingtonBarre
Virginia
Big Stone GapBlacksburg-ChristiansburgLynchburgRichmondRoanokeDanvilleStauntonVirginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport NewsWashington-Arlington-Alexandria
Washington
PullmanMoses LakeSeattle-Tacoma-BellevueWalla WallaSpokane-Spokane ValleyEllensburgOthelloKennewick-RichlandOak HarborPort AngelesLongviewBellinghamMount Vernon-AnacortesOlympia-Lacey-TumwaterBremerton-Silverdale-Port OrchardWenatcheeYakima
West Virginia
Mount Gay-ShamrockCharlestonParkersburg-ViennaHuntington-AshlandWeirton-SteubenvilleBluefield
Wisconsin
AppletonGreen Bay Milwaukee-WaukeshaOshkosh-NeenahManitowocSheboyganRacineLa Crosse-Onalaska
Wyoming
RivertonSheridanRock SpringsCheyenneJackson
Is it easy to set up?
Setting up T-Mobile 5G Home Internet is pretty simple. Once you receive your new router, just plug it in, download the T-Mobile Internet app and follow the directions. It shouldn’t take to long to get setup. And T-Mobile’s award-winning customer support is available if you do run into any issues.
How does T-Mobile 5G Home Internet compare to competitors?
The main competitor for T-Mobile in this space right now is Verizon, which also offers 5G Home Internet service. However, it does seem to be better, at least on paper. Verizon typically offers 85-300Mbps speeds, versus T-Mobile’s 35-115Mbps speeds. That also comes from Verizon having C-Band and mmWave rolled out in a lot more areas than T-Mobile does. So we’d expect that to change over time. Verizon also offers bonuses for existing customers, where the service can be as low as $25 per month (half off, if you have a qualifying unlimited line). Otherwise it is the same price as T-Mobile. On the coverage side, T-Mobile actually wins, for now. As mentioned before T-Mobile 5G Home Internet is available in over 30 million households, while Verizon’s is really only available to about 20 million households. Again, this will change over time, as both want to cover 100% of the US, and that is far from 100%. Considering there are 122.8 million households in the US, as of 2019.
Should I switch to T-Mobile?
If you don’t work from home, and really only need internet to check Facebook, maybe pay your bills and a few other things, then yes, T-Mobile 5G Home Internet should be fine. But if you do work from home, do a lot of streaming, or even gaming, then it may not be the best choice, due to those somewhat slower speeds. The ping should be pretty good, but if you’re playing eSports at about 50Mbps, you’re not going to have a good time. And if you’re really looking to save money, Verizon might be the better option, if you already use Verizon. Sign up for T-Mobile 5G Home Internet
